diff --git a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_authn.erl b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_authn.erl
index f337563ee..71d0e393e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_authn.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_authn.erl
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     [
         return_http_error/2,
         with_gateway/2,
-        with_authn/2,
-        checks/2
+        with_authn/2
     ]
 ).